“I’m an instant star. Just add water and stir.”

“I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously.”

Rock musician David Bowie jokingly makes devils horns in front of his head as he delivers the commencement address May 8 at the 1999 graduation ceremonies of the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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“I suppose for me as an artist it wasn’t always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture I was living in."

"I was virtually trying anything... And I think I have done just about everything that it's possible to do — except really dangerous things, like being an explorer. But anything that Western culture has to offer — I’ve put myself through it."